• Family : AMARANTHACEAE
  (Amaranth Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : AMARANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Allmania nodiflora (L.) R.Br. ex Wight
• Vernacular name : Kumuttikkeerai, Vallikeerai (Tamil); Vellakakeera (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Deciduous forests and wastelands
• Comments / notes : Often on plains to 1500m. Characteristically common on exposed slopes. Abundant weed of wasteland also
• Flower, Fruit : July-December
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 13/12/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-383
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli forest, Anantapur district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
  • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Philippines
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Allmania nodiflora. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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